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Victory vs Athlete - What's the difference?

victory | athlete |

As nouns the difference between victory and athlete

is that victory is an instance of having won a competition or battle while athlete is athlete.

As a verb victory

is (rare) to achieve a.

victory

English

Noun

(victories)
  • An instance of having won a competition or battle.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England will not be catapulted among the favourites for Euro 2012 as a result of this win, but no victory against Spain is earned easily and it is right they take great heart from their efforts as they now prepare to play Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday.}}
  • A winged figure representing victory, common in Roman official iconography. See .
  • Antonyms

    * defeat * loss

    Derived terms

    * hollow victory * Pyrrhic victory * victory at sea

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (rare) To achieve a
  • athlete

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
  • , author=David S. Senchina , title=Athletics and Herbal Supplements , volume=101, issue=2, page=134 , magazine= citation , passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}
    She's the first athlete in her sport to come out as gay.
  • (US, Canada) A person who actively participates in physical sports, possibly highly skilled in sports. (Known in British English as a "sportsperson".)
  • An exceptionally physically fit person.
  • Synonyms

    * sportsperson

    Derived terms

    * athlete's foot * biathlete * decathlete * heptathlete * parathlete * para-athlete * triathlete